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Not minimum active weight yet ascertained.

Probably previous not one touch when a gnat alight with a leg or cut Hair, have slight movement to weight &c.

Best believe thus with very certainty not 1/1000 of a grain —

Really less remarkable in Plant

Minute animals. — which catch prey, must pursue far smaller object.

Hair Nov. 20

6 : .008 :: .0095 : .0095 [x] .008 [=] .0000760 [÷] 6 [=] 126    .0000126/100,000

acted	not acted
2—	0
1	2
2	1
2?	2 ?
7	3

 

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Thread

30inches : .184 of grain ::    .02 of inch : .000122 = 12/100,000

[.184 x] .02 [=] .00368 [÷] 30 [=] .0001226 = 1/8196.7 = (1 nearly / 8197)

1000,000 [÷] 122 [=] 8196.7

(Blotting Paper (as rested on 3 heads to be divided )

11 inch : .563 of grain :: .042 of inch : .0021  5 = 215  214 / 100,000 → one third of this 7/10000 or 70/100,000

[.563 x ] .042 [=] .023666 [÷] 11 [=] .00215  .0021496

215/100000 = (1/465) (1/1395)

100000 [÷] 215 [=] 4651 465 [x] 3 [=] 1395

 

Hair

6 inch : .0095 of grain :: .018 of inch : 000028 = 2 nearly 3 / 100,000

.0095 [x] .018 [=] .000171 [÷] 6 [=] .0000285

1000000 [÷] 28 [=] 35714

.000028  = 28/1000000 = (1/35714) nearly

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We are left the conclusion that it is weight & prolonged.

(Weight on hairs which causes movement)